RARE TENNESSEE HISTORY NASHVILLE MARKET HOUSE Slavery Daguerreotype?? Self portrait Early-1850s 6th plate daguerreotype of

Early-1850s 6th plate daguerreotype of an earlier painting of a young girl

I will try to add a cell phone pic soon

CDVs and a couple of larger format photos of houses

lace gloves with gold rings

When I opened it up to clean the underside of the glass I noticed it was a thick iron plate with something stamped along the bottom edge

RARE TENNESSEE HISTORY NASHVILLE MARKET HOUSE Slavery Daguerreotype?? Self portrait Early-1850s 6th plate daguerreotype ofA CLEARER SCAN OF THIS DAG, INCLUDING THE BACK OF THE PLATE AND BACK OF THE CASE WILL BE ADDED TODAY (2 12) Rare 1 6, 1850s daguerreotype of man (possibly African American?) wearing a large hat. Inside of the case is a handwritten note with ID: "J. R. Hawkins Nashville Tenn. Stall #17 Market House" The Old Nashville Market House existed between 1828 and 1937 and consisted of a long market shed of stalls running north and south with a two story